The Shoeland First Print Issue SY 2021-2022

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WHAT’S INSIDE

NEWS MariSci SSG Officers, ready to lead S.Y. 2021-2022

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sciENCE Beach na Peke: Unearthing the skin deep beauty p.13 of Manila Bay

THEOFFICIAL OFFICIALSTUDENT STUDENTPUBLICATION PUBLICATION OF OF MARIKINA MARIKINA SCIENCE THE SCIENCE HIGH HIGHSCHOOL SCHOOL Volume Volume VI:VI, Issue Issue No.1 No.1 | September-December | September-January 2022 2021 6 | 6Sections Sections| 28 | 28pages pages

Imprinting Trails Towards the Freeing Truth

IT SHALL RETURN. Michael Ray Mayo, Grade 10 student from Marikina High School, struggles with recurring “No Internet Connection”, just the same as every student is being hindered from participating in Online Distance Learning this pandemic. | Photo by Michael Ray Mayo

opinion Dismantling the Messiah Complex

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feature Lumad schools as the crucible of the liberating struggle

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College admissions remain virtual; lack of tests spark woes

School helm: MariSci edges towards partial face-to-face classes

By Sean Ingalla

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By Blessyl Porras

ith the continuing onslaught of the

pandemic, the process

for college applications

has been reoriented from primarily depending on

entrance exams to relying on previous years’ performance through different metrics.

Upon the announcement of

the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) on September 1 that they will no longer be administering their admission tests for the Academic Year 2022-2023, the other three Universities identified as part of the Big Four—Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU), De La Salle University (DLSU), and University of the Philippines (UP)—followed suit in the proceeding months. Citing the threat of the pandemic in a statement dated August 18, ADMU declared that in lieu of their usual Ateneo College Entrance Test, they will

T

he Marikina Science High

The teaching and non-teaching

On December 6, two schools in

School administration

staff have already been fully vaccinated

Marikina were included in the selection

has sparked preparations

and preparing to take booster shots. As

of Metro Manila schools to partake

for the possible return to the

of November 23, approximately 70% of

in the first stage and have started the

face-to-face (F2F) learning

the student population has already been

implementation of partial F2F classes,

system in accordance with

fully vaccinated, according to the survey

which include the SHS-TVL Strand of

Department of Education (DepEd)

conducted by the school officials.

Tañong High School and Kindergarten

Memorandums No. 71 & 72 S. 2021. According to MariSci Officer-

In-Charge Principal Maria Nicolas, separate meetings with the Schools Division of Marikina officials and key persons of the institution — including master teachers, subject coordinators, and property custodians — have been held regarding how the partial face-toface classes will be implemented. “We created committees per task to accomplish different tasks, kasi andaming trabaho roon e,” Nicolas explained. “Bawat committee [ay] may kaniya-kaniyang focus, though ‘yong trabaho nila ay related to one another.”

be basing their admission on

to Grade 3 of St. Mary Elementary Three Stages

School.

The DepEd Memo No. 71 states

According to the guidelines further

that there shall be three stages in the

explained by the principal, the second

implementation of returning to F2F

stage shall take place somewhere in

classes: Pilot Implementation of F2F

February, where six more schools in the

classes (stage 1), Expansion (stage 2),

city will carry out partial F2F classes.

and Transition to the New Normal (stage 3).

“Kung magkakaroon tayo sa school natin ng partial face-to-face, doon na

As cited in the Department of

tayo sa third stage: transition to the new

Education-Department of Health

normal. Iyon ‘yong hinihintay nating

Joint Memorandum Circular No. 01

order na baka lahat ng schools ay mag-

s. 2021, “Specifically, for the pilot

i-implement na ng partial F2F provided

implementation, only learners from the

na pumasa sa standard,” Nicolas stated.

Key Stage K-to-3 and selected secondary

The standard that schools will

learners from Senior High School (SHS)

follow is the DepEd Memo No. 71

in minimal-risk areas shall participate.”

checklist, in which guidelines on

health and safety protocols are included. Regarding the possibility of the Junior High School (JHS) being included in the partial F2F, Nicolas stated that this is only possible if the institution is fully-prepared and a marching order is given out, as DM No. 71 does not include JHS in the implementation checklist, in which guidelines on health and safety protocols are included. She then explained the different situation for SHS: “kung Senior High School, may go-signal na ‘yan at pumasa sa preparation, pwede tayo mag-accommodate ng Senior High School. Pero ina-eye lang namin dito ay ‘yong sa research niyo [students], kung mag-e-experiment kayo using the facilities or the equipment na nasa school na wala kayo.”

Partial F2F | P24

several parameters including the applicants’ academic and non-academic performance, personal admission essays, recommendation letters, extracurriculars, and disciplinary records.

College admission | P5

OF NOOKS AND CRANNIES

Marikina Science on its second year of online, modular distance learning By Chryzel Alano

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solutions were made. Yet

everyone still keeps on asking: When will this end?

With this, MariSci continues to provide students with options to choose the learning modality better suited for them under distance learning. These are the online and modular learning modalities. The online distance learning

In accordance with the DepEd

modality allows learners to engage

Order No. 029, s. 2021 regarding the

in synchronous sessions with their

school calendar and activities for S.Y.

teachers through various applications

2021-2022, Marikina Science High School

and features accessed via the internet.

(MariSci) still adopts the Department of

While in modular distance learning

Education’s Basic Education Learning

modality, students are given hard

Continuity Plan from the previous

copies of ‘self-learning modules’ to be

school year.

accomplished on their own time.

PARENTS of some grade 8 students are being assisted by Ms. Jean Jaralve while filling up a form provided by the school to countercheck the modules in all subjects during the first quarter of School Year 2021-2022. | Photo by Caleb Pacleta

Distance Learning | P24


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